RevCast Episode 23: "Never Having to Say Sorry"

[DanQ]

Even if you did, you wouldn't have to mean it. Regular co-hosts Matt "elthrasher" Morgan and Brett "TyShine" Ferguson are joined by first-time guest co-host "MadDjinn" on the RevCast (RC) panel of its twenty-third episode entitled "Never Having to Say Sorry"; now netcasting, it has a runtime of 29m59s. The summary of topics is as follows:

- 03m43s | Topic #1
An email from a listener giving kudos to the panel.
- 05m05s | Topic #2
Introducing the Mongolians in Civilization: Revolution.
- 07m08s | Topic #3
The beginning and era-by-era bonsues for this latest "Civ of the Month".
- 09m49s | Topic #4
What to be keeping in mind when starting out as the Mongols.
- 17m43s | Topic #5
Further considerations of an early-to-mid game as CivRev Mongols.
- 21m07s | Topic #6
A calm before another storm as you enter the Medieval Era as this civ.
- 22m53s | Topic #7
A favourable end-of-the-line for the Mongolians.
- 26m50s | Topic #8
The approach is clear when defending against this civilization.

- Intro/Outro | Miscellaneous
Claims to fame, nasty messages and twisting words.

RevCast is the second spin-off of the Civ strategy-centric PolyCast; the modding-centric ModCast was the first such spin-off. Unlike either of its older siblings, RC has no defined segment categories.

 

[CodeMasterMike]

This episode was very interesting to hear, and gave me valuable tips, specially when I was planning on trying out the Mongolians just days before I found this RevCast!

Keep up the good work!

 

[DanQ]

This episode was very interesting to hear, and gave me valuable tips, specially when I was planning on trying out the Mongolians just days before I found this RevCast!

Keep up the good work!

As owner and editor of the show, I thank you for the kind words and I'm certain I'm saying the same on behalf of the co-hosts. Are you a new listener?

 

[CodeMasterMike]

I must confess, Im more of a "time-to-time" listerner. Ive heard couple of them before, and they are always good. But I keep forgetting to listen to the new ones... I have to better myself on that part

 

[elthrasher]

I must confess, Im more of a "time-to-time" listerner. Ive heard couple of them before, and they are always good. But I keep forgetting to listen to the new ones... I have to better myself on that part

It's okay. Nobody is perfect. The next episode is already recorded. Any suggestions for the one after that?

 

[ericball]

I have to say I'm really enjoying playing the Mongols (single player only, though I might try another multiplayer in the near future. I should probably play the no-peace scenario first.). Thanks MadDjinn!

I would enjoy hearing an episode on the Americans, including how to cheat and how to defeat a cheater.

 

[elthrasher]

Glad you liked the episode.

What do you mean by how to cheat? Are you referring to the broken half cost rushing bonus of the Americans? It's not a cheat, it's a bug, in my opinion. America pays 1/3 cost (not 1/2) to rush units in medieval, allowing the absurdly cheap 20 gold settler. America also pays 2/5 cost in modern. The bonus works properly in industrial.

Due to that bonus, America is easily the best civ in the game. You can just expand like crazy or get a tremendous number of armies in no time. 25 gold for knights? Yeah, that's broken.

But that isn't a cheat. I'm not aware of any specific to America cheats. In general, the few cheats that exist won't be discussed on RevCast unless I can figure out a way to talk about how to deal with a specific issue without telling people how to cheat. In my experience, cheating isn't that big a problem online, but if people are having issues, we can do a segment on how to deal with cheating.

 

[ericball]

Actually, what about an episode on how to counter the tactics of top three civs (Chinese, Zulu, American)? So if you know you're facing a Zulu player - are there things you will do differently in the early and middle game?